Chapter Summaries

Neji Hyuga reunited with his father, Hizashi Hyuga, who praised him for breaking free of the Caged Bird seal and said the Hyuga clan would change. Sasuke Uchiha learned his brother Itachi would return from a mission the next day, while Karin Uzumaki teased Neji and Sasuke about their expressions.

• Neji Hyuga rushed to Hizashi Hyuga, apologized for worrying him, and was told that Hizashi was proud of him.
• Hizashi Hyuga congratulated Neji for escaping the Caged Bird and assured him that the Hyuga clan and Branch Family would be safer as the clan changed.
• Neji Hyuga promised to work hard, and Sasuke Uchiha watched their reunion with envy before Yakumi Uchiha awkwardly told him he was proud of him.
• Sasuke Uchiha asked Yakumi Uchiha whether he had seen Itachi Uchiha and learned that Itachi would return from a mission the next day.
• Karin Uzumaki teased Genkawa Uchiha about Neji Hyuga's smile and Sasuke Uchiha's angry expression.

Sasuke Uchiha and Yakumi Uchiha discussed whether Sasuke and Itachi would return, while Neji Hyuga reassured Hizashi Hyuga and Karin asked Genkawa Uchiha when she could put her training to use. After Genkawa warned the Uchiha and Hyuga clans to focus on their own affairs, Sunagakure appealed to him for help when Hagoromo Otsutsuki began reclaiming the Tailed Beasts, and Nagato agreed to follow Genkawa despite the danger.

• Yakumi Uchiha asked Sasuke Uchiha whether he and Itachi would return, and Sasuke said they would not return for now but asked Yakumi to tell Mom he was doing well.
• Neji Hyuga told Hizashi Hyuga that he was thriving under Genkawa Uchiha and intended to bring change to the Branch Family, and Hizashi supported him.
• Karin told Genkawa Uchiha she had mastered Tauros's abilities, and he said she would soon have a chance to use her strength.
• Genkawa Uchiha warned Yakumi Uchiha and Hizashi Hyuga that the clans should mind their own affairs as the Ninja World approached major changes.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki appeared as the Sage of Six Paths and began reclaiming the Tailed Beasts, starting with Sunagakure, which urgently asked Genkawa Uchiha for help.
• Genkawa Uchiha asked Nagato whether he would follow him despite the possibility of defeat, and Nagato agreed because he wanted to see the starry sky.

Nagato and his companions arrived in Sunagakure after Gaara was abducted without leaving any signs of a struggle. Nagato went to inspect Gaara’s residence, while the village’s leaders and search teams continued looking for him.

• Baki met Nagato, Sasuke Uchiha, Neji Hyuga, and Karin Uzumaki outside Sunagakure and explained that Gaara had vanished without a trace.
• Baki and Ebizo told Nagato that the Kazekage, Chiyo, and many of Sunagakure’s ninja had gone out to search for Gaara.
• Nagato asked to examine Gaara’s residence, and Baki led the group there while asking whether Genkawa Uchiha would come; Karin said her teacher had other matters, and Nagato explained that he was watching over the God Tree.
• Temari and Kankuro welcomed Nagato and his companions at Gaara’s residence.
• Nagato activated his Byakugan and began searching the courtyard, walls, and roof for clues.

Nagato discovered traces of a Space-Time rupture in Gaara’s room and identified the visitor as the Sage of Six Paths. Using a treasure tool Genkawa had given him, he found the direction of the target and prepared to leave with the Sunagakure ninja.

• Nagato asked Neji to examine a room with his Byakugan, and Neji detected chakra residue from a Space-Time portal.
• Nagato confirmed the traces and identified the visitor as the Sage of Six Paths from the stronger Yin Style chakra.
• Baki and Temari pledged Sunagakure’s cooperation, while Nagato said Genkawa had given him a tool that could track the target.
• Nagato used a hand seal to gather the residual chakra into a sphere and placed it on the treasure tool, which revealed the target’s direction.
• Nagato told Baki to settle matters quickly and announced that they would depart.

Nagato led a joint Amegakure and Sunagakure team to track Gaara and the Sage of Six Paths’ group to a cave in the Land of Rivers. There, he discovered a natural space-time node and sensed chakra rising from its underground lake, leaving the team braced for what would emerge.

• Nagato led Baki, Temari, Kankuro, Yashamaru, Karin, and the others across the desert and into the Land of Rivers, following the tracking disc.
• The disc led the group to a cave where Nagato found that the chakra trail had vanished, and he considered Karin’s suggestion that their targets had gone to the moon.
• Nagato led the team into the cave and identified its underground lake as a natural space-time node.
• As Nagato approached the lake, he sensed chakra ripples spreading across its surface and warned everyone to stay alert.

Otsutsuki Toneri appeared before Nagato and Neji Hyuga, revealing that he had come from the Moon Otsutsuki Clan and intended to stop them. After admitting his Tenseigan had formed using a pure Byakugan taken from the Hyuga Clan, he provoked Neji into erupting with chakra.

• A spatial rift opened above the pool, and a white-haired boy appeared, declaring that he could not let the group leave.
• Nagato recognized the boy's eyes as the Tenseigan, and the newcomer identified himself as Otsutsuki Toneri of the Moon Otsutsuki Clan.
• Nagato explained that the Uzumaki were also descendants of the Otsutsuki, and Otsutsuki Toneri said the group's arrival would disrupt his plans.
• Otsutsuki Toneri revealed that his Tenseigan had formed from his chakra and a pure Byakugan taken from the Hyuga Clan.
• Neji Hyuga suspected the eyes had belonged to Hanabi, and Otsutsuki Toneri confirmed they came from the Hyuga Clan, causing Neji to flare with chakra in anger.

Neji Hyuga attacked Otsutsuki Toneri in anger over Hanabi’s stolen eyes, but Toneri easily defended against his strikes and revealed his overwhelming power. The Sunagakure group fought Toneri’s puppets while Neji remained trapped in a stone wall, still determined to face him.

• Neji Hyuga charged at Otsutsuki Toneri, and Nagato stopped the Sunagakure group from intervening so Neji could vent his anger.
• Neji attacked Toneri with corrosive chakra, but Toneri blocked his strikes with little effort.
• Toneri summoned masked humanoid puppets and sent them after Nagato’s group, prompting Baki, Temari, and Kankuro to fight back with their own techniques and puppets.
• Neji launched a powerful Eight Trigrams Palms attack, but Toneri stopped it with an invisible repulsive force and hurled Neji into a stone wall.
• Neji remained embedded in the wall, bleeding but glaring at Toneri with resolute anger.

Neji Hyuga fought Otsutsuki Toneri and awakened a faint blue change in his Byakugan after sensing the power of the Tailed Beasts’ chakra. Nagato stepped in to face Toneri, leaving the chapter on the brink of their battle.

• Neji Hyuga repeatedly attacked Otsutsuki Toneri, but Toneri blocked his strikes and pulled him toward himself with an invisible force.
• Neji Hyuga unleashed a burst of force that sent water surging across the pool and caused a faint blue glow to appear in his eyes.
• Otsutsuki Toneri recognized that Neji Hyuga’s eyes were developing toward the Tenseigan, and Neji said he had felt the stirring needed to obtain it.
• Nagato told Neji Hyuga to step back and took his place, saying he was interested in Toneri’s Tenseigan.
• Otsutsuki Toneri challenged Nagato, and the two faced each other with their palms raised.

Nagato demonstrated that he could sever Otsutsuki Toneri’s control over the humanoid puppets and take command of them using abilities retained from his former Rinnegan. After Toneri countered the puppets’ attack, Nagato told him he still underestimated his strength.

• Nagato used Outer Path: Godslayer to sever Otsutsuki Toneri’s control over the humanoid puppets.
• The puppets rose and lined up behind Nagato under his control, startling Toneri and the Sunagakure ninja.
• Nagato explained that his former Rinnegan had powers on the same level as Toneri’s Tenseigan and that he retained some of its abilities.
• Nagato directed the puppets to fire pale blue chakra bolts at Toneri, who countered them with golden light.
• Nagato told Toneri that he still underestimated him, and Toneri regarded Nagato more seriously.

Nagato summoned an artificial Demonic Statue and challenged Otsutsuki Toneri, whose Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion tore through the underground chamber. While Karin Uzumaki, Second Pillar, and Neji Hyuga protected the Sunagakure ninja, the statue forced the ceiling open, leaving Toneri staring at the newly revealed sky.

• Nagato summoned the artificial Demonic Statue, which lunged at Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Otsutsuki Toneri unleashed Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, shredding the statue's wooden exterior and wrecking the chamber.
• Karin Uzumaki shielded the Sunagakure ninja with her Array of Oblivion while Second Pillar and Neji Hyuga added lightning and Rotation defenses.
• Nagato said the underground space was too small for them to fight at full strength, and the artificial Demonic Statue began lifting the ceiling.
• The ceiling split apart and sunlight poured into the opening as Otsutsuki Toneri watched in astonishment.

The Artificial Golem forced open the mountain ceiling, exposing the underground battlefield to sunlight and sky. Otsutsuki Toneri summoned a stone giant to fight it, and the two colossal beings collided as the others retreated.

• The Artificial Golem held up the fractured mountain and shoved its ceiling aside, opening the cavern to the sky.
• Otsutsuki Toneri rose into the air and repelled falling boulders, while Nagato floated up to face him.
• The Artificial Golem threw off the remaining mountain mass and roared as Otsutsuki Toneri summoned a gigantic stone giant.
• Baki pulled Temari away, Kankuro put away his puppet, and the Sunagakure group, Karin Uzumaki, and the others retreated.
• The Artificial Golem and the stone giant charged and struck each other, creating a shockwave that shook the mountains and earth.

Nagato and Otsutsuki Toneri tested their powers in an aerial battle while the Stone Giant and Artificial Golem continued fighting below. Nagato neutralized Toneri’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion and reached him with an attack, leaving their fight unresolved.

• The Stone Giant and Artificial Golem traded heavy blows, damaging each other as the Sunagakure group watched from a nearby hill.
• Otsutsuki Toneri used gravitational force to pull Nagato toward him, and Nagato used the same power to pull Toneri closer.
• Nagato and Otsutsuki Toneri unleashed Shinra Tensei at the same time, and the repulsive forces sent them flying apart.
• Nagato charged at Otsutsuki Toneri, who attacked with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Nagato’s invisible ripple dismantled and absorbed Toneri’s golden attack, leaving Nagato unharmed.
• Nagato reached Otsutsuki Toneri and struck toward his chest with an open palm.

Nagato used Chibaku Tensei and sealing markings to trap Otsutsuki Toneri in a growing sphere of rubble. The Sage of Six Paths appeared through a spatial rift, nullified the sphere’s gravity, and warned Nagato not to stand with “that person” as Toneri began to break free.

• Nagato’s palm failed to touch Otsutsuki Toneri through an invisible barrier, but Nagato followed up with a black sphere that pulled Toneri in with overwhelming gravity.
• Rubble gathered around Otsutsuki Toneri and formed a vast sphere, while Karin Uzumaki explained Chibaku Tensei to Second Pillar and Sasuke.
• Nagato covered the sphere with sealing markings, and the artificial golem battered the now-sluggish stone giant after Toneri lost control of it.
• A spatial rift opened beside the sphere, and an old hand pressed against it as the Sage of Six Paths called Nagato “Child.”
• The Sage of Six Paths erased the sphere’s gravity and warned Nagato not to stand with “that person” as cracks spread and rubble fell away.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki freed Otsutsuki Toneri from Nagato’s Chibaku Tensei and defended his intervention as necessary to stop Genkawa Uchiha, while Nagato challenged his claim to protect the Ninja World. As Toneri insisted on fighting Nagato, Nagato revealed pale yellow eyes that Toneri recognized as the Tenseigan.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki emerged from the spatial rift and dismantled Nagato’s Chibaku Tensei, freeing Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Nagato questioned Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s bias and challenged him to explain how his influence had brought stability to the Ninja World.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki said Genkawa Uchiha posed too great a danger, but Nagato’s challenge left him unable to deny the Ninja World’s long history of conflict.
• Otsutsuki Toneri broke free and refused Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s order to help Hamura extract Shukaku, choosing instead to fight Nagato.
• Nagato opened his eyes to reveal a pale yellow light, and Otsutsuki Toneri recognized it as the Tenseigan.

Nagato revealed that he had awakened the Tenseigan and attacked Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Otsutsuki Toneri with a strange golden technique. He trapped them inside a sealed golden cage, and Hagoromo recognized Nagato's power as the Sealing Eye.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki questioned whether Genkawa Uchiha had helped Nagato awaken the Tenseigan, and Nagato said Genkawa had only shown him the way.
• Nagato surrounded himself with pale yellow chakra and fired a golden beam at Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Nagato's beam split into golden motes that bypassed their defenses, so Hagoromo pulled Otsutsuki Toneri through a spatial rift to escape.
• Nagato redirected the motes toward the pair as they emerged in the distant sky, while Otsutsuki Toneri asked what ability Nagato had used.
• Golden threads formed a three-dimensional cage around Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Otsutsuki Toneri and sealed its faces with pale gold screens.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki recognized Nagato's power as the Sealing Eye and exclaimed in shock that Nagato possessed it.

Nagato used his High Throne sealing technique to trap Otsutsuki Toneri and Hagoromo Otsutsuki, absorbing their attacks and Toneri’s chakra-draining orbs. Hagoromo realized the seal relied on chakra and concluded it might be breakable.

• Nagato touched the golden hexagonal construct with his chakra, causing it to brighten and shrink as he identified his eyes as sealing eyes.
• Otsutsuki Toneri’s golden attack vanished against the construct, while Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s Black Rod shattered when it struck the seal.
• Nagato explained that the High Throne strengthened its sealing force against powerful abilities and made the two Otsutsuki ideal prisoners.
• Otsutsuki Toneri sent green chakra orbs to drain the construct, but they turned gold and were absorbed into its surface.
• Nagato explained that the High Throne assimilated chakra-based techniques and turned them against those it sealed.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki recognized that the High Throne depended on chakra and said it might not be impossible to break.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki empowered Otsutsuki Toneri with Sage Mode so they could break through Nagato’s shrinking seal. They escaped through a spatial rift, leaving Nagato to watch the seal’s crack and turn his attention to the still-unfolding battle.

• Nagato recognized Otsutsuki Toneri’s Sage Mode markings after Hagoromo Otsutsuki told him to use the power he had given him.
• Otsutsuki Toneri infused his chakra spheres with natural energy and fired them at the hexagonal seal while Nagato accelerated its contraction.
• Otsutsuki Toneri repeatedly detonated the spheres against one spot, opening a small crack in the seal that its chakra threads could not immediately repair.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki grabbed Otsutsuki Toneri and led him through a spatial rift, escaping the seal as it continued to shrink.
• Nagato watched the crack and then chuckled that Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Otsutsuki Toneri could not escape so easily, while the Artificial Golem attacked the damaged Stone Giant.

Nagato defeated the Stone Giant and drove Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Otsutsuki Toneri away, but could not pursue them because the battle disrupted the Space-Time node. He summoned Genkawa Uchiha’s clone for help, leaving the team’s next move in Genkawa’s hands.

• The Stone Giant crumbled, and Nagato dismissed the hexagonal seal and the Artificial Golem.
• Nagato told Karin Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Neji Hyuga that Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Otsutsuki Toneri had escaped.
• Nagato revealed that he could track the enemies using their chakra, but they were likely on the moon and the local Space-Time node could no longer be located.
• Nagato recalled Genkawa Uchiha’s warning that the mission might fail without his help and used the Summoning Jutsu to call Genkawa’s clone.
• Genkawa Uchiha appeared from the wooden stump and asked Nagato what troublesome problem the team had encountered.

Genkawa Uchiha reassured the others that he could handle the Sage of Six Paths and Otsutsuki Toneri, then located the hidden Space-Time node. After warning that enemies awaited them on the other side, he opened a rift and led the group through.

• Karin Uzumaki worried that a clone would struggle against the enemies, but Genkawa Uchiha flicked her forehead and told her not to underestimate him.
• Nagato named the Sage of Six Paths and Otsutsuki Toneri as their enemies, and Genkawa Uchiha recognized Toneri as an Otsutsuki living on the moon.
• Genkawa Uchiha found the Space-Time node and explained that the Sage of Six Paths had concealed it with a Space-Time ninjutsu.
• Genkawa Uchiha warned Nagato that someone was prepared on the other side, then told him to get everyone ready to cross.
• Genkawa Uchiha tore open a Space-Time rift, and Nagato, Sasuke Uchiha, Neji Hyuga, Karin Uzumaki, Baki, Temari, Kankuro, and the Sunagakure ninjas entered before Genkawa followed.

Genkawa Uchiha created a temporary breathable environment for the group on the moon's surface after the Sage of Six Paths altered their Space-Time node. He took the remaining chakra from Nagato and prepared to use it to locate the Otsutsuki living inside the moon.

• Genkawa Uchiha found the Sunagakure group suffering from the moon's vacuum while Nagato, Karin Uzumaki, Sasuke, and Neji Hyuga protected themselves with chakra.
• Genkawa Uchiha used water, fire, wind, barriers, and electricity to create a temporary livable space with breathable oxygen.
• Genkawa Uchiha told Nagato that the Sage of Six Paths had altered the Space-Time node and that the Otsutsuki lived inside the moon.
• Nagato asked how long the environment would last, and Genkawa Uchiha said it would persist until his clone ran out of chakra and the barrier would move with him.
• Genkawa Uchiha took the remaining Otsutsuki chakra from Nagato and said he would try to use it to find them.